Jaren Jackson Jr.

"JJ’s handled all these recent growth opportunities beautifully,” says Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins.

"Be a grown man about it, be a professional about it and bring positivity to everyone around you," says Jaren Jackson of Memphis' plight.

Coaches are the real experts on defensive play. We asked them to name the NBA's best defenders.

Zion, Wemby, Luka, Kyrie and Ja: The Southwest Division will have no shortage of great storylines in the season ahead.

The Wolves guard, who went scoreless in the first half, responded with a team-high 17 points in the second half.

Despite its pristine exhibition record, Team USA knows it needs to work hard on the boards to be successful in tournament.

On Day 2 of Team USA’s training camp for the FIBA World Cup, they were beaten soundly by the U.S. Select Team in a scrimmage.

The Americans’ first World Cup game is on Aug. 26 against New Zealand.

Jackson averaged 18.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. The 23-year-old led the NBA with three blocks per contest.

The 23-year-old led the NBA with three blocks per contest, 0.5 higher than the next closest player in Brooklyn’s Nic Claxton and Lopez.

Will coaching familiarity play a role in this first-round series? Whose transition defense steps up the most?

There are many worthy candidates for this season's NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. Who has the edge?

Jayson Tatum, the game’s MVP, set an All-Star single-game scoring record with 55 points, breaking Anthony Davis’ mark of 52 points in 2017.

An NBA scorekeeper explains how their job works and what the supposed Jaren Jackson Jr. stat-padding conspiracy got wrong.

'This year, we haven’t been bringing that intensity on the road,' says Morant after falling to the Suns in another road loss.

Memphis' starting five has played fewer than 50 minutes together all season, and that's a scary thought for the rest of the West.

NBA coaches and assistant coaches voted in The Athletic's annual anonymous poll about the league's best defenders.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. is expected to miss the next four to six months after undergoing successful surgery on his right foot Wednesday. The team announced in a statement that the procedure was to address a stress fracture, and he is expected to make a full recovery. In...